GitLab 9.3 release post

Review Apps link: https://release-9-3.about.gitlab.com/2017/06/22/gitlab-9-3-released/

Release Post 🎉

• Blog handbook: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/blog/
• Release post handbook: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/marketing/blog/release-posts/

General Contributions

General contributions from the team.

Due date: 06/14 (6th working day before the 22nd)

• Label MR: blog post release
• Add milestone
• Intro
• MVP
• Add cover image image_title (compressed)
• Upgrade barometer
• Top features
• Primary features
• Secondary features (improvements)
• Performance improvements
• Omnibus improvements
• Deprecations
• Documentation links
• Authorship (author's data)

Review

Content review (PMs)

Due date: 06/19 (2nd working day before the 22nd)

• Label MR: blog post release review-in-progress
• General review (PM)
  • Check Features' names
  • Check Features' availability (CE, EES, EEP)
  • Check Documentation links
  • Update data/promo.yml
  • Check all images' size - compress whenever > 300KB
  • Meaningful links (SEO)
  • Check links to product/feature webpages
• Copyedit (Sean P, Rebecca, or Marcia)
  • Title
  • Description
  • Grammar, spelling, clearness (body)
• Final review (Job)

Structural Check

Due date: 06/19 (2nd working day before the 22nd)

• Label MR: blog post release review-structure
• Check frontmatter (entries, syntax)
• Check image_title and twitter_image
• Check image shadow {:.shadow}
• Check images' ALT text
• Videos/iframes wrapped in <figure> tags (responsiveness)
• Add/check <!-- more --> separator
• Add/check cover img reference (at the end of the post)
• Columns (content balance between the columns)
• Badges consistency (applied to all headings)
• Remove any remaining instructions
• Remove HTML comments
• Run deadlink checker
• Update release template with any changes (if necessary)

data/release_posts/2017_06_22_gitlab_9_3_released.yml

@@ -231,18 +231,20 @@ features:
         We recognize that teams use Issue Boards in a variety of ways. To make
         it usable for even more teams, we now have collapsible **Backlog** and
         **Closed** columns. We've also tweaked adding issues in a board.
-        When you click the plus sign `+` to add an issue to a list,
+        When you click the plus sign +` to add an issue to a list,
         it now appears at the top of the list automatically,
         which is really helpful for long lists.
-    - name: Search/filter bar improvements
+    - name: Search/Filter Bar Improvements
       available_in: [ce, ees, eep]
       documentation_link: 'https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/user/search/'
-      documentation_text: "Learn more about searching in GitLab"
+      documentation_text: "Learn more about searching through GitLab"
       image_url: '/images/9_3/search_filter_bar_improvements.png'
       description: |
         We continue to make incremental improvements to the search/filter bar. You
-        can now view user avatars. Also, clicking on a filter will activate the dropdown,
+        can now view user avatars.
+
+        Also, by clicking on a filter, it activates the dropdown,
         allowing you change filters quickly.
     - name: Internationalization of Project Home & Repository Files pages